I feel like an intruder since unfortunately I am no pianist. I hope I'll get a free pass from you for adoring the piano and having a tiny obsession for Franz Liszt.

I am searching for a present to buy to a friend who has helped me enormously on piano issues for my novel, but refused to accept any payment for the hard work he put into the project. He is a professor at our Music Academy (in Montenegro, former Yugoslavia) and loves to read.

Is there a book (better if pricey) that every pianist should love to own, either on music history, or technique, or any other aspect of piano playing?

Don't forget about Physiological Mechanics of Piano Technique (1929) by Otto Ortmann. Unfortunately it would need to be purchased used and at a premium! Amazon shows a good-used at $75, a very-good-used at $300 and a like-new-used at $415! Ebay may have other. This is a very scientific, anatomic and physiologic study; certainly not for everyone.

_________________Eddy M. del Rio, MD"A smattering will not do. They must know all the keys, major and minor, and they must literally 'know them backwards.'" - Josef Lhevinne

Thank you for your suggestions, they are wonderful. The one from musical-md is more what I need because I can't spend only 20 euros on this. My price range was between 100 and 150, but I wouldn't spend more either.

Don't forget about Physiological Mechanics of Piano Technique (1929) by Otto Ortmann. Unfortunately it would need to be purchased used and at a premium! Amazon shows a good-used at $75, a very-good-used at $300 and a like-new-used at $415! Ebay may have other. This is a very scientific, anatomic and physiologic study; certainly not for everyone.

Don't forget about Physiological Mechanics of Piano Technique (1929) by Otto Ortmann. Unfortunately it would need to be purchased used and at a premium! Amazon shows a good-used at $75, a very-good-used at $300 and a like-new-used at $415! Ebay may have other. This is a very scientific, anatomic and physiologic study; certainly not for everyone.

On other forums I've seen what you might call a "lingering interest" effect where info submitted after a long time gap was still of interest. However, I will try to keep my replies to only current posts in the future.

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